“I see rehearsal space, rehearsal tapes, dressing rooms, cooking sessions, woodsheds, after-hours performances, and backstage as Black sacred spaces, places where we are most like ourselves.”
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The Day the Good Internet Died
“Did a Good Internet ever even exist, or am I just nostalgic for my youth?”
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A Personal History of the C-Section
“When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.”
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Life in the Stacks: A Love Letter to Browsing
“Algorithms are integral to how we find and consume art. But old-fashioned browsing still has its benefits.”
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I Learned How to Cope with Agoraphobia. The Pandemic Eroded It All.
“For a year and a half, my anxiety’s natural instincts—to stay at home, surrounded by trusted people—became the way of things. I no longer had to force myself to run a daily gauntlet of low-level fear. Unchallenged, the fears became stronger, and multiplied.”
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Slow Death and Labored Breath: Listening To, Listening Through Inheritance
“Remission is life with an asterisk; conditional.”
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The Night Gary Drove Me Home
“It is not a normal thing to do—to acknowledge to yourself that you may have slept with a serial killer.”
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The Legion Lonely
“For all these reasons—the socialization we receive as kids, as well as emotional restraint, homophobia, experiences of betrayal, and many others—many men stop confiding in each other, trusting each other, supporting each other, and expressing emotion around each other.”
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The Intelligent Forest
“Ecosystems are similar to human societies — they’re built on relationships. The stronger those are, the more resilient the system.”